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Following the
retirement of The Glenlivet Master
Distiller, Alan Winchester, Chivas
Brothers has appointed a team, 'The
Glenlivet Makers', led by new Distillery
Manager, Lisa Glen.
Following the retirement of The
Glenlivet Master Distiller, Alan
Winchester, Chivas Brothers has
appointed a team, 'The Glenlivet
Makers', led by new Distillery Manager,
Lisa Glen, to uphold its legacy of
innovation.
Chivas Brothers has bid farewell to
iconic The Glenlivet Master Distiller
Alan Winchester, after an illustrious
48-year career. Following the news of
Alan Winchester’s retirement, Chivas
Brothers is announcing the appointment
of a new team of The Glenlivet Makers,
comprising of Distillers and a Cask
Expert who will continue Alan’s legacy
at The Glenlivet.
Alan retired as Master Distiller for The
Glenlivet in 2018 and moved into an
ambassadorial role for the famed Single
Malt brand. His retirement today brings
an end to this ambassadorial position.
He was recently honoured with The Spirit
of Speyside Lifetime Achievement Award
in recognition for his work in the
whisky industry.
The Glenlivet’s new Distillery Manager,
Lisa Glen, will be spearheading the new
Makers team alongside Lead Distiller,
Kevin Reid and Chivas Brothers Cask
Expert, Kevin Balmforth. Lisa began her
career as an engineer in the Merchant
Navy before becoming a Distillery
Operations Technician and later Team
Leader at The Glenlivet, where she
oversaw the operations and processes of
the plant for 8 years.
With a combined 53 years of experience
between them, they will be instrumental
in continuing to shape The Glenlivet’s
legacy of breaking traditions and
challenging stereotypes.
With fresh expertise on board, The
Glenlivet is broadening its structure to
ensure its modern and innovative
contribution to the Scotch industry is
upheld.
Dedicating nearly half a century to the
world of whisky, Alan Winchester entered
the industry in 1975 as a Distillery
Guide at the Glenfarclas Distillery and
over the following decades held
positions at Strathisla, Glen Keith,
Aberlour and many more distilleries. In
2002, he was promoted to Distilling
Manager at Chivas Brothers.
Throughout his career, Alan Winchester
has represented Chivas Brothers in
various industry bodies, in which his
roles have included; President at the
Management Committee of Malt Distillers
Association of Scotland, Chairman of the
Institute of Brewing and Distilling
Scottish Section, and Director of
Combination of Rothes Distillers.
In 2009, he took on the highly esteemed
position of Master Distiller of The
Glenlivet which he held for 9 years,
before taking a step back from
production and distilling duties to
focus on representing the brand in an
ambassadorial capacity. Since 2018, Alan
Winchester has fervently promoted The
Glenlivet and the wider Scotch industry
to new people and markets around the
world.
Leaving behind an impressive legacy,
Alan Winchester, comments:
"Taking on the role of Master Distiller
of The Glenlivet was truly an honour.
Representing such a revered,
quintessential Single Malt has been
nothing short of a privilege. It has
been a real joy to promote Scotch around
the world especially to a new generation
of drinkers who have enabled us to
broaden the boundaries of what Scotch
whisky can be. Our audience is
constantly evolving their ideas and
attitudes which in turn pushes the
industry to diversify and innovate the
craft in new and interesting ways. The
future of Scotch is very bright and I
look forward to watching what happens
next - with a dram in hand of course!"
You will find the current Glenlivet
whisky range available from specialist online whisky retailers such
as
The Whisky Exchange,
Hard To Find Whisky
and
Master of Malt
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